Gabriele Cagliari

Gabriele Cagliari (14 June 1926-20 July 1993) was an Italian businessman who served as President of ENI from 1989 to 1993. He committed suicide in prison due to the Tangentopoli scandal.

Biography
Gabriele Cagliari was born in Guastalla, Emilia-Romagna, Italy in 1926, and he worked with chemical and engineering companies to build large petrochemical plants. In 1981, he became general manager and managing director of ANIC, and he was appointed to its executive committee in 1983 with the help of his close friend, Italian Socialist Party secretary Bettino Craxi. In 1989, again upon the recommendation of Craxi, Cagliari became President of ENI. He was involved with corruption, especially with the PSI, leading to his arrest in 1993 in relation to the Tangentopoli scandal. On 20 July 1993, he committed suicide by asphyxiating himself with a plastic bag in a prison shower.